New Delhi: A joint six-member panel—two from each constituent party—will finalise the seat-sharing pact between the BJP, Capt Amarinder Singh’s Punjab Lok Congress and former Akali Dal leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa’s SAD (Sanyukt) in the upcoming Punjab Assembly polls.
This has been decided after Home minister Amit Shah held meeting with Capt Amarinder, Dhindsa and party workers to formally finalise the seat sharing.
The three parties will also issue a joint manifesto, BJP’s poll in-charge for Punjab, Union Minister Gajendra Shekhawat, said on Monday.
Amarinder Singh, who founded the Punjab Lok Congress following a split with the Congress and him quitting the post of the chief minister, has indicated an intention to contest all 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab assembly polls.
However, he confirmed two weeks ago the decision to form an alliance with the BJP and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa’s Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) has been taken in principle and that the seat adjustment will be announced soon.